Baptist Catechism, Question 39
Question 39
What are the Benefits which in this Life do accompany or flow from Justification, Adoption, and Sanctification?
The Benefits which in this Life do accompany or flow from Justification, Adoption, and Sanctification, are Assurance of God's Love, Peace of Conscience, Joy in the Holy Spirit, Increase of Grace, and Perseverance therein to the End.
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Romans 5:1-21Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
Romans 5:55And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
Romans 14:1717For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Proverbs 4:1818The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
1 John 5:1313I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
1 Peter 1:55who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
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